Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Unicorn after The Phases of the Moon
A long-horned unicorn lifts its forelegs over low plants beneath a small star. Heavy black outlines give the compact vignette a woodcut-like clarity. The design closes the page containing the final exchange of The Phases of the Moon in the 1925 A Vision.
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Edmund Dulac. "The Unicorn after The Phases of the Moon" [editorial title]. In A Vision, William Butler Yeats. First edition, title dated 1925; privately printed for subscribers. Complete historical text, xxiii preliminary pages and 256 numbered pages, with Edmund Dulac illustrations and the original diagrams. Internet Archive scan; matching scanned title page used as cover., 1925, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd.. Source scan leaf 33. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/vision-unicorn
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical source image. Editorial titles and interpretations are identified as such; paper tone and historical marks retained.
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From the book
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Edmund Dulac. The Unicorn after The Phases of the Moon. A Vision. Scan leaf 33. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/vision-unicorn